Chicago Dramatists (Chicago, IL)
Carlos Murillo's Mimesophobia cuts between Hollywood and Hyde Park to weave a murder mystery for the reality-TV age. As a devastated woman reconstructs her murdered sister's diary, two screenwriters desperately try to spin tragedy into cinematic gold. Meanwhile, a deranged academic meditates on the American obsession with violence.
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Chicago Dramatists is housed in a completely modern, intimate theatre in an historic commercial building from 1888 in Chicago's River West neighborhood, immediately northwest of the Loop. Designed by the Chicago Architectural Assistance Center in 1988, the facility contains a fully equipped, air-conditioned, 77-seat theatre, a lobby-gallery, classrooms, dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, and a br
In the middle of this dark and savagely funny collage lies the question: what compels us to open doors we know are better left unopened?
Theatre Seven of Chicago produces new and original work that speaks directly to the diverse Chicago community with imagination and clarity. Since 2007, the company has produced nine standout offerings, including seven Chicago premieres. Theatre Seven's noted premieres include Diversey Harbor ("Hottest Ticket in Town" - Chicago Tribune), Yes, This Really Happened To Me (Critic's Choice - Chicago Reader), and Cooperstown, which earned the company its first Jeff Recommendation. The company's early 2009 remount of Marisa Wegrzyn's Diversey Harbor was seen by over 1,400 patrons and featured in NewCity's "Greatest Hits of the Decade." In 2010, Theatre Seven became a Resident Company at the historic Greenhouse Theatre in the heart of Lincoln Park.
